The 3rd edition of Pack Print International closed on 3 September
2011 in Bangkok, Thailand, as the most successful regional
exhibition for the packaging and printing sectors. The sentiment
was unanimous for some 200 exhibitors from 20 countries at the
Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC).
Initial statistics indicate the exhibition
attracted 17,000 attendees from
more than 50 countries and a fourfold increase in international visitors
compared to 2009. The exhibition was
noteworthy for the high quality visitors
and number of new local visitors
across the packaging and printing
sectors. Exhibitors commented that
the strength of the exhibition was its
ability to attract the right audience, that
is, trade buyers with real influence in
the buying decision.
The exhibition ended on an extremely
positive note with overwhelming results
that saw an increase of about 40% in
visitor attendance compared to the
2009 edition. Exhibitors were in good
spirits and reported having a steady
stream of meetings with high-quality
visitors throughout the four days, as
well as receiving specific orders. Many
exhibitors expect active post-exhibition
business and will also continue to use
the online business matching service,

which is valid for up to one year after
the exhibition.
Joint organisers of PPI, Messe
Düsseldorf Asia, The Thai Packaging
Association and The Thai Printing
Association are extremely satisfied
with the highly effective forum for
Thailand’s packaging and printing

sectors. Managing Director of Messe
Düsseldorf Asia, Gernot Ringling
comments, “Pack Print International
2011 has hit record sales and
international visitorship that has
exceeded expectations.
There was a real buzz around the
show floor throughout the four days

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with trade visitors actively seeking
new products and services, and
business opportunities. Feedback from
exhibitors was that they were very
surprised with the volume of actual
sales contracted onsite from both local
and international visitors.”
“In all, the exhibition was a tremendous
success and Messe Düsseldorf Asia
thanks the exhibitors, visitors, joint
organisers, seminar speakers, sponsors
and other participants who contributed
to Pack Print International 2011 and
we look forward to building on the
momentum and quality of this year,”
he added.
Commented Kashem Yaemvathithong,
President of The Thai Packaging
Association, there was continuous
activity on the show floor and a

steady stream of quality exhibitors
throughout the exhibition. Pornchai
Rattanachaikanont, President of The
Thai Printing Association, noted that:
“This shows continues to be very
attractive and relevant to the industry,
and judging by the number of machines
sold off on the show floor, it is a key
indicator of the value being derived by

both exhibitors and visitors.”
Messe Dusseldorf Asia has announced
dates for Pack Print International 2013
– 28 to 31 August at BITEC, Bangkok,
with a number of key exhibitors already
showing strong commitment to return
in 2013.

“We exceeded our sales targets at Pack
Print International, and based on this
year’s show, we are very confident we
will be back in 2013,” said Keith Patten,
General
Manager,
Heidelberg
Graphics
(Thailand).
Other exhibitors had similar sentiments;
Qi Xian Yun, managing director of
Sanxin
Printing Machine Material said: “Pack
Print International is an ideal platform
for brand building, to increase
awareness and gain market presence in
Thailand. It is a growing market with
much potential, and Sanxin is planning
to come back in 2013 with a much
bigger booth.”
According to sales manager Naruj
Rattanaurachai from Bobst Group
(Thailand), they exceeded sales targets
set and had numerous new customers
to their booth, “we are extremely happy
with the number and quality of visitors
to Minister of Industry, and we have
never had so many people visit our
booth at a trade exhibition in Southeast
Asia before.”
The results for the 2011 edition exceeded
all pre-exhibition expectations, and
attracted visiting delegations from
India, Malaysia, Northern Thailand,
Vietnam, and Philippines, including a
visiting delegation from West Africa,
on an exchange programme through
the Thai Packaging Centre.
Thailand’s Minister of Industry,
Wannarat Channukul, who opened
the exhibition, commented that the
show provided an excellent networking
forum among international and Thai
companies. He added this would
assist in jointly creating and enhancing
Thailand’s manufacturing standards
and practices.
The initial results of the visitor survey
confirm the impressions of exhibitors.
Particularly striking is the exhibition’s
internationality, which underlines its
standing as the region’s most important
trade exhibition in its sector. •

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Volatile Thailand and
changed mindsets
Thailand is known as a digital printing hub, yet conventional printing attracted substantial visitors to Pack Print
International (PPI) 2011. Chaiyos Kongthaisereekul, managing director of Nationwide Co Ltd, distributor for Xingraphics, feels paralleling will occur. He tells Christel Lee
of PPPA why.
Fruitful partnership with
Xingraphics
Xingraphics, represented by Nationwide Co Ltd, has been gradually gaining
its position as a world-class plate supplier. Since commencing the partnership in
late 2008, today Nationwide has clients,
which include leading printers, publishers and repro houses, satisfied with
Chengdu-based Xingraphics’ products.
Kongthaisereekul was quick to point out
that initially the market wasn’t ready to
accept the newcomer. “Every country
has the same prejudice against Chinamade products. Nationwide Co therefore adopted a different approach. Prior
to our collaboration, I made a personal
visit to Xingraphics in Chengdu with
our technical team.
“Witnessing for myself that Xingraphics’ plates are manufactured with high
quality aluminium from Germany and
Japan is an added form of assurance I
can extend to customers when I introduce Xingraphics’ products,” he highlights.
Nationwide Co Ltd shares a fruitful
partnership with Xingraphics as its distributor in Thailand. Kongthaisereekul
notes, “Nationwide Co has been in the
prepress business for many years. Our
customers have faith in us – which helps
in shaping the stereotypical mindsets,
not to mention that customers are experienced and know when they are sold an
inferior product. However, there were
some who had reservations and we insisted they give Xingraphics a try.
“I believe the key to customers’ faith
in both Nationwide Co and Xingraphics is the know-how plus the technical

Vichein Kongthaisereekul, sales manager, and Chaiyos Kongthaisereekul,
managing director of Nationwide Co., Ltd.
support from both companies which includes training the customers’ operators
on handling the plate. Today we have a
good market share in Thailand for the
CtP business.”

ourselves to inform the customers of
such a change in the industry, so they
can explore other alternatives. That led
us to offer Xingraphics’ products to our
customers.”

Conventional and digital printing
will eventually be parallel
While the number of offset press manufacturers exhibiting at PPI 2011 may
have been an earth shaker to some,
others felt such a trend is inevitable.
Kongthaisereekul, has also noted the
heat in the competition. However, he
believes both can co-exist to better address the needs of the market.

As much as it seemed to be a natural
thing to do, it was not a smooth process.
Kongthaisereekul recalls, “Customers
were not ready for digital printing two
years back when we tried to introduce
the concept. Some got hostile towards
digital printing then. Today, they are
more receptive as they have understood
that the emergence of digital is inevitable.”

He said, “The printing market has been
getting more competitive lately. It is our
duty to provide our customers with the
best products accompanied by competitive prices. It’s also our duty to update
our customers on the developments in
the technologies. In prepress, we have
observed rapid changes in technology
triggered by drastic price hikes of film
for colour separation.

When quizzed if the market in Thailand views both as being competitive in
nature, his response reflected that this
is no longer the case. “Customers have
realised they may lose certain sectors
of the business such as short-run jobs,
or personalised printing, if they don’t
adopt digital printing. They have also
grown to be more open and some have
also embraced its existence. I personally
feel that eventually both conventional
and digital printing will be parallel, and
a printer has to adopt both methods
of printing to sustain the business in a
competitive market,” he shares. •

“The cost of making a conventional
plate has become more expensive compared to that of a CtP plate. We have,
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Heidelberg Thailand ends Pack
Print International 2011 with
strong sales
At the Pack Print 2011 exhibition held in Bangkok
from 31st August to 3rd September, Heidelberg Thailand displayed Commercial, Short Run, and Digital
solutions around 20,000 visitors over the 4 days.
Heidelberg
Thailand
successfully
achieved its objective of addressing
the needs of medium and small printers. The stand displayed Speedmaster
SM 74-4 and Anicolor SM 52-4-L offset presses supported by Polar 115XC
cutter, Stahlfolder KH 66, Suprasetter A105 CtP image setter and Prinect
workflow.
The digital solution demonstrated a
Ricoh Pro C901 digital print production press and Polar 66 small format
cutter. Heidelberg Services were integrated into the overall booth concept to
show Heidelberg’s capability for Service,
Spare Parts, Consumables, and Remarketed solutions. Additionally, Heidelberg Thailand promoted its new Online
Shop (OLS) to prepare for the launch
in early November 2011 which will allow customers to purchase consumables
via the internet 24 hours a day. OLS
also enables unique shopping lists to be
set up so customers can very easily buy
consumables matched to the equipment
the customer is running. This makes selection and ordering very simple.

The commitment of the Thai Government to the Print Media Industry was
clearly demonstrated as the exhibition
was official opened by His Excellency
Wannarat Channukul, Minister of Industry. Thailand’s strategic location in
South East Asia, ensured that of the
more than 20,000 visitors attending,
about 2,000 came from neighbouring
countries such as Laos, Vietnam, and
Burma.
Staff and customers were especially
impressed by the attendance of Mr.
Stephan Plenz, Member of the Management Board, responsible for Heidelberg
Equipment along with Lead Market Singapore Head Bent Mortensen and other

support staff from the regional office
eager to help make the expo a success.
Over the 4 days, the stand was packed
with visitors from early morning to late
evening and the 6 daily “Total Solution”
presentations were filled over flow with
customers standing behind the seating
to see what was on offer. Customers
were inspired by what they saw and during the show orders for equipment and
consumables exceeded expectations.
Customer’s showed confidence in Heidelberg’s wide range and support capability with commitments on presses, digital printers, CtP devices and finishing
equipment. Many sales leads were also
generated giving the Heidelberg Thailand team a huge opportunity to close
further orders in the coming months.
Rene Ludvigsen, Managing Director
of Heidelberg Thailand, was over the
moon about the success of the show
“This show clearly demonstrates the
optimism and excitement of the Thai
printing industry at present. I am extremely happy with the results, rest assured this will be another successful year
for Heidelberg Thailand.” •
Mr. Poonlap Veratanabutr from
Tanabutr Co., Ltd. (in the middle)
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Kodak offers world-saving
innovation
Kodak pushes printing technology for environment, presenting the “Flexcel NX” digital printing solution at the
Pack Print International event.
With advanced technologies, quality
printing jobs are created to cut manufacturing costs, save energy, water and
chemicals, reduces raw materials use,
and pave way for companies to sustainably run their businesses in the AsiaPacific region. Kodak is now ready to
penetrate the Thai market, launching
clean technologies to support the market growth.
Mr. Steve Green, Regional Managing
Director . Consumer Digital Group and
Graphic Communications Group. Asia
Pacific Region Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company, talked about the
direction of modern printing business,
saying printing industries nowadays pay
more attention to environment. This
is in lines with Kodak's policies which
focus not only on business growth, but
also on environment. As a result, Kodak
chooses to emphasize the digital system – key to future printing world. The
Flexcel NX technology results in quality
printing jobs, costs cutting and damage
reducing in the printing process. Therefore, Flexcel NX cuts costs well and is

importantly safe for customers.
Kodak has been determined to run
its business to be an environmentallyfriendly company throughout 15 years.
It aims to reduce energy consumption
and worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. Up to 45 percent of energy and

greenhouse gases have been cut since
2002. Kodak's quality products have
been designed and developed to take responsibilities for society. New technologies have been developed, particularly
for the printing business group to help
reduce the printing process. With digital
system, printing jobs become less complicated and more economical in terms
of time and costs.
Developing printing jobs in the digital system is one of the five main missions in Kodak's five-year plan in which
Kodak is so determined to make printing jobs produce less carbon dioxide,
waste and chemicals. This will also
cover printing industries in China where
Kodak's Asia Pacific printing industry
hub is located. In Thailand, Kodak has
tried to make environmentally-friendly
printing technologies become widespread. All Kodak environmentallyfriendly products will be unveiled at the
Pack Print International which will take
place from August 31 to September 3,
2011. The new technologies are expected to help expand the printing market in
Thailand and sustainably develop Thailand's printing industry. •

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Prinect solutions boost print
shops' economic success
• Combination of Prinect workflow's online functions delivers lasting
boost to print shops' business success
• Prinect Performance Benchmarking offers print shops objective comparison of productivity based on continuously updated global machine data
• Prinect Mobile and Analyze Point enable print shops to access their production status at any time and from anywhere
Users of the Prinect print shop workflow from Heidelberg can significantly
increase transparency in their print shop
thanks to a smart combination of various web-based Prinect functions that
delivers fresh impetus for their company's economic success.
The new online tool Prinect Performance Benchmarking enables print
shops to compare the performance of
their Speedmaster presses with other
print shops. To do this, Heidelberg automatically records the performance of
connected machines, evaluates this information centrally, and makes it available on the Prinect Online Portal for
comparison. More than 100 Speedmaster presses are already integrated into
this system worldwide. This gives print
shops precise information on their own
productivity based on continuously updated data from around the world.
A print shop requiring a detailed analysis
of its own productivity can obtain this
with Analyze Point, an option in Prinect
Pressroom Manager, a software tool
that records and evaluates times, quantities, and events in all areas of a print
shop's production operations. Direct access to job and machine processes delivers an instant overview. Production and
consumption information can be recorded and evaluated over long periods.
This data forms an important basis for
identifying potential for improvement
and pursuing ongoing optimization.
Analyze Point and Prinect Performance
Benchmarking convert the productivity of a press into an overall equipment
efficiency (OEE) rating, an internationally recognized measure of production
equipment efficiency.

Prinect Performance Benchmarking can
be combined with Analyze Point. Prinect Performance Benchmarking compares a print shop's own productivity
with other companies to determine how
it is performing, while Analyze Point
enables detailed analysis at the print
shop to identify suitable optimization
measures.
The Prinect Mobile function enables
customers to access Analyze Point via
an Android smartphone, IPhone, or
IPad at any time and from anywhere.
Prinect Mobile enables access to Prinect workflow data on the move and
provides information on aspects such as
job status, machine utilization, and shift
progress. Field staff in discussions with
print buyers can therefore access information on the progress of their jobs on
the move at any time of day.
Combined use of these three Prinect
functions gives key benefits to users,

particularly top-level management, operational and technical managers, quality
control officers, and sales staff, allowing
them to get a precise picture of their
company's performance at any time.
The evaluations help companies deliver ongoing improvements. The data
obtained forms an important basis for
upcoming organizational changes or
investment decisions and adds to the
range of advisory services that Heidelberg can offer for analyzing customers'
operations.
"Not only are mobile Internet platforms
revolutionizing print buyers' usage, print
shop managers can also benefit from
the opportunities on offer. With the Prinect workflow's numerous online functions, Heidelberg has created a means
for making all of a print shop's valueenhancing processes transparent and
viewable at any time," says Christopher
Berti, Head of Prinect and CtP.
Positive customer feedback
Customers working with these Prinect
solutions are impressed with the benefits. One of the first users to combine
Analyze Point and Prinect Mobile is the
Bauer GmbH print shop in Pfedelbach
near Heilbronn. "Each and every month,
Analyze Point shows me how the productivity of my presses is progressing,"
says project manager Matthias Bauer.
"This enables me early on to identify
if the overall productivity changes and
if so, to take appropriate action. Using
Prinect Mobile, I look at Analyze Point
when I'm on the move to see whether
a particular job is already being printed.
This means I can make decisions or find
a remedy without having to be on-site."

Matthias Bauer

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Agfa Graphics’ competence in digital imaging coupled with
Thieme’s expertise in robust screen printing hardware, resulted
in a high-speed digital screen printing press, the :M-Press.
Many customers ago the :M-Press Tiger was released
from its cage. The Tiger has since multiplied all over the world.
The Tiger is a fully automatic digital printing press. It is the perfect answer
to all your high-volume large-format print jobs. It has all the advantages of
the digital printing process such as variable and even personalized printing.
And the quality is simply superb.
The :M-Press Leopard is a semi-automatic version for printers requiring high
quality outrput but who do not have the volumes to justify the fully automatic
Tiger installation.
:M-Press leads the market in high production digital presses and it delivers the
lowest cost per square meter available today.

Improves UV-Setter
efficiency
basysPrint has drawn on its expertise in operating UV-Setters
to develop a 'Touch Setter' that features a completely new
graphical user interface (GUI) and state-of-the-art software.
The new exposure unit interface ensures fast, highly consistent operation
via a simple and intuitive touch screen
interface. The operating concept behind the basysPrint exposure unit revolves around ‘touch menus’. Fitted
with a touch screen, it can be used for
file management, ongoing operations,
settings, maintenance and servicing.
The UV-Setter can also be controlled
from any computer on the network, or
even via wireless portable devices.

change priority of jobs or conveniently
re-output jobs as a single separation or
even a complete color set.

“Today, almost everyone has CtP and
systems and devices. But despite significant technological advances there’s
still room to improve efficiency," comments Christophe Lievens, Director
of Sales and Marketing at basysPrint.
"The new exposure unit control of the
basysPrint UV-Setter features an ultramodern interface that streamlines the
way operators work. Plus operators
will enjoy easy maintenance, integrated
tools, XML-based data feedback, remote control and status checks, and
complete control from Smartphones.”

Furthermore, by touching the screen
to enter the service mode, operators
are able to control all settings for the
exposure unit head - even certain exposure unit movements. To align all parts
of the machines correctly, the operator can tap the corresponding symbol
in the relevant screen. And thanks to
a virtual keyboard, entering absolute
values is as precise as using an entry
screen. Users can also adjust settings
to focus the exposure unit head or
align and control the speed of the plate
charger. Finally, CSV files providing
data on plate consumption and operating times for evaluation, recalculations
and internal reports can also easily be
exported from the unit.

Highly effective exposure unit control
The GUI is brand-new software that
controls the exposure unit and provides
access to all settings, operating modes,
and maintenance and service functions.
Even the start-up screen clearly shows
what is running on the UV-Setter. The
operational screen enables users to
easily search by job name, smoothly

Calibration of the UV-Setter - which
previously could be a laborious process
- is now simplified thanks to the test
exposure file integrated in the GUI.
Features such as priority control can
be used to handle production requests,
ensuring that all plates from different
orders are exposed one after another.

Smarter UV-Setter
The new operating interface can be
used remotely, enabling operators to
view and control the exposure unit
from any location. The number of us-

ers that can access the system is not
limited by the manufacturer, and the
convenient remote control function
does not require the user to purchase
any extra licenses, ensuring no extra
costs. Because this new UV-Setter operating system is similar to the one used
on many Smartphones, the GUI can
also be used on these devices.
Authorized operators, supervisors or
technicians can also control operation
of the UV-Setter from a Smartphone.
The remote tasks possible from a mobile device include:
Searching for specific orders
Checking, managing and controlling
the order backlog
Monitoring the fill level of the plate
magazine
Available plate sizes
Completed jobs
Extensive error logging
Available since beginning of this year,
all basysPrint UV-Setters are being supplied with the new GUI. It can be localized in any language, including all of
the common international languages,
such as German, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian, as well
as Chinese and Korean, plus more.
Next to this, basysPrint has taken into
account its existing customer base by
modernizing the software of the installed UV-Setters accordingly, starting
in Brazil, India, Turkey and China.•

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Rewarded as the 300th
user in Japan
Gotanda Shinagawa, Tokyo. President Hiroyuki Matsuishi) and King
Printers, Ltd. (2-10-21 Senshu Nishiyodogawa Osaka, Japan. President
Peter Horvath) announced today at the IGAS2011 press conference,
the 300th installation of Agfa Graphicsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; :Azura TS in Japan at King
Printers.
"We are very pleased to have the 300th
:Azura TS installation in Japan," said
Mr. Marc Op de Beeck, Vice President
of Agfa Graphics Growth Markets,
"King Printers, Inc. is a booming company and a great customer for us, and
Japan is the largest single market for
our :Azura TS. We are pleased to have
this news in time for the international
IGAS2011 exhibition.
"The argument of 'How to reduce
the chemicals and waste in a CtP
technology' is obsolete. It's the age
of 'Chemistry-free', 'Waste-free', said
Mr. Hiroyuki Matsuishi, President of
Agfa-Gevaert Japan. ":Azura TS is
the world's best selling chemistry-free
plate, and it boasts more than 90 percent in our market. Chemistry-free processes reduce hazardous operations in
pre-press, hence also the environmental
impact. Chemistry-free plate-making is
very stable thanks to the elimination
of chemical process parameters, which
improves overall press quality. This is
the reason why King Printers, Inc. have
chosen :Azura TS, because they require
the highest quality CtP and care about
the environmental impact and customers' needs. This 300th installation reward for King Printers, Inc. with Azura
TS will create more interest in chemfree plates."
After the introduction of the company
profile and history, Mr. Takeshi Ueyama, Vice President of King Printers,
Inc. said, "We have had a web based
print order system from the beginning
of our business, and later we have set
up the online self service printing site
for registered customers. Now, our user
base exceeds 40,000, due to our persistent effort trying to be a good busi-

Marc Op de Beeck (right) of Agfa Gaphics congratulated Ueyama of King
Printers, Inc. as the 300th user of the :Azura TS in Japan
ness partner for our users with the high
speed, good price, and the best quality
printing.
We have used the :Azura TS for a
month, and we are satisfied with the
sharp halftone dot and good reproduction quality. Because of the elimination
of the development processes, it brings
us stable color reproduction which is
perfect for repeat orders from our satisfied customers.
As I heard that our :Azura TS was the
300th installment in Japan, our decision to choose the chemistry- free plate
:Azura TS for the improvement in environment and quality printing was definitely right. For the further contribution to society by the use of :Azura TS
in our eco-friendly printing service, we
are trying to obtain the EP3A's 'Clione
Gold' mark. It rewards eco-friendly
production activities for the printing
industry in Japan. We continue to pursue a good printing quality for our users, hence increase our user base. And
not only ordinary print users, we would

like to associate with other printing
company as an eco-friendly printing
firm, so they can utilize our resources.
I hope the chemistry -free means anxiety-free printing to our customers, and
help contribute to that goal smoothly."
About King Printers, Inc.
King printers, Inc. was founded in 1999
as small design firm with less than 10
employees.Our 'free-paper for foreign
residents' which have continued from
back then was a vital source of information for the foreigners living in Japan, and was a high response media for
the foreign shop owners and managers.As our free paper gains a growing
reputation, the advertisers sometimes
requested the printing of flyers and
pamphlets. At the time, we have no
print presses or cutting machines.
We also lack the manpower to maintain the print presses. But we wanted
to respond to the request from our customers, so gradually we were developed
into a printing company from design/
publishing firm. â&#x20AC;˘

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Extensive portfolio at Pack
Print International 2011
EskoArtwork presented its extensive portfolio of integrated packaging, printing, and sign & display solutions at Pack Print International 2011. Delegates saw
live demonstrations of the company’s solutions can
help packaging providers to improve efficiency and
reduce costs at C.G.S Co Ltd and Maepim Co Ltd’s
booths. Both are distributors of EskoArtwork.

“Pack Print is the ideal backdrop to
show packaging professionals how our
solutions can deliver significant time
and cost savings,” says Jean Pierre De
Moor, EskoArtwork Vice President
Asia Pacific. “Asia is a very important
market for us – we want to show customers how they can streamline production and improve how they operate.”
At Pack Print EskoArtwork demonstrated the capabilities of its solutions
and how they have helped establish
the company as a market leader in
packaging pre-production. Packaging
professionals across the world are using the solutions to benefit from faster
time-to-market, increased shelf impact,
reduced costs and streamlined communications between all parties in the
packaging supply chain.
C.G.S is a distributor of EskoArtwork’s
packaging software and CDI flexo plate
imagers. The company will demonstrate showcased:
· Studio, a plug-in for Adobe® Illustrator® – a unique set of tools for 3D
packaging design, developed specifically for packaging artwork professionals.
· Studio Visualizer – creates realistic
digital mock-ups, including print effects

such as embossing, hotfoil, metalized
inks and different substrates, which you
can share as images or movies.
· DeskPack – turns Adobe® Illustrator® and Photoshop® into fullyfledged packaging applications. A set
of modules fits any prepress environment, from importing structural design
files (CAD data) to creating repetitions
of print-ready production files.
· PackEdge – a feature-packed packaging preproduction editor, offering
tools for resolving major pre-press issues such as CAD / graphics misalignments, trapping, distortion, screening,
and barcodes.

· Plato – a powerful tool for creating
print-ready layouts for packaging and
labels. The solution gives users more
control and reduces cost by bringing
optimum plate layout in-house. Plato
is ideal for narrow web label printers,
flexible packaging converters and folding carton offset printers.
· Automation Engine 10 – part of
Suite 10, the EskoArtwork packaging
and print pre-production software.
AE10 allows users to pre-set repetitive
tasks and make automated decisions
within the workflow, reducing the need
for manual intervention. The result is
greater efficiency and productivity, and
fewer errors.

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· CDI – the world’s first digital imager
for flexo plates, CDI has established itself as the clear market leader. Today,
an estimated 90% of all digital flexo
plates worldwide are imaged on Esko
CDI equipment, delivering results that
previously were only achievable in offset or gravure.
“EskoArtwork’s packaging design and
pre-production tools enable companies to improve quality and reduce time
to market,” says Noppadol Krairksh,
Managing Director of CGS. “Visitors
to our stand will see how effective 3D
packaging design can be. Virtual mockups can be created easily, reducing the
need for costly physical prototypes.
“EskoArtwork tools help companies
implement fast workflows and greater
automation, which reduces lead times
and the risk of errors, while at the
same time ensuring consistently high
quality.”
While at the booth of EskoArtwork
distributor Maepim Co. Ltd, the following were showcased:
·
ArtiosCAD – the world’s most
popular structural design software for
packaging and POP design. The solution offers dedicated tools for structural design, product development, virtual

prototyping and manufacturing, and is
ideal for corrugated, folding carton and
POP display designers.
·
i-cut Suite – the first workflow offering wide-format printing and digital
finishing companies a complete, integrated solution. Modules include i-cut
Preflight for efficient PDF preflighting and editing, and i-cut Layout for
interactive layout, tiling and nesting of

graphics. Users can easily add supplementary modules, including a structural
design module, a graphics preparation
module, and a true-shape nesting module.
·
The Kongsberg i-XP 24 finishing
table – the world’s fastest digital finishing system helps turn short-run POP
/ POS display work into profitable,
value-added jobs, and enables sign and
display shops to offer on-demand production with just-in-time delivery. With
a maximum working area of 87”x126”
and a maximum speed of 66” inches
per second, the i-XP series can convert
a wide range of board, sheet and roll
materials.
“There is much more to producing
signs and folding cartons than just
printing,” says Apiwat Sinchai, Managing Director of Maepim. “Sign and
display shops also need to focus on the
structure – or shape – of a sign. "We
will show delegates how EskoArtwork
products can help sign and display print
providers to increase productivity, using a completely integrated workflow
and sophisticated digital finishing system.” •

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Epson Establishes Textile
Printing Center in Kyoto
Decorated with complex, vivid patterns, strips of smooth
silk approximately one meter in width emerge rapidly
from the printer. Jointly developed by Epson and Italy's
Robustelli, the Monna Lisa inkjet textile printer uses a
type of staining technique to print designs onto fabrics.
These fabrics are processed into items
such as clothing, ties and scarfs by apparel makers, and are sold to customers.
Epson regards textiles as a growth
business and is bolstering its efforts
around its inkjet textile printer. The
Monna Lisa inkjet textile printer and
apparel created using digital techniques.
Among others, the printer is capable
of printing directly onto cotton, linen,
wool, nylon and polyester.
Epson's belief in the potential of textile printing is based around a shift
in the industry from analog to digital
techniques. While traditional analog
printing techniques require plates to be
pressed against the fabric, digital techniques mean that fabric can be printed
out without the need for expensive
plates. This ensures that digital textile

printing can be achieved at lower cost
and in shorter times.
Epson first entered this market back
in 2003 when it jointly developed with

Robustelli, a leading Italian manufacturer of printing machines, a digital
textile printer based on Epson's proprietary Micro Piezo inkjet technology
The Monna Lisa, which is sold under
the Robustelli brand, is now driving
the digital textile industry in Italy. According to Epson's research, more than
60% of the items printed on high-productivity textile printers in Italy in 2010
were printed on the Monna Lisa. With
the delicate color gradations and vivid
reproduction of colors you'd expect
from inkjet, the Monna Lisa answers
the needs of luxury fashion brands
and their strict quality standards. This,
combined with exceptional productivity of approximately 100 m2 an hour,
has ensured that the textile printer has
earned high praise from fashion industry insiders.
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Kyoto Digital Textile Center, namely:
1. Sales and support for Monna Lisa
2. Providing information about the culture and characteristics of digital printing to the
industry, and;
3. Establishing a new business model
for digital textile printing.
Going forward, Epson aims to take advantage of the expertise it has gleaned
in Italy, and will work with Japanese
designers, apparel makers, and Kyoto
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items using digital textile printing. On
the other hand, Japanese textile printers have suffered as business has gone
overseas to China and other countries,
with the volume of textiles printed in
Japan declining from more than 300
million m2 printed in 2005 to 200 million m2 in 2010. The reluctance of the
industry to adopt digital techniques and
the lack of a suitable digital business
model has meant that digital textile
printing only accounts for a small percentage of the market.

As it did in Italy, Epson believes that
digital textile printing can contribute
to the revival of the textile industry in
Japan. The company therefore in July
2011 established the Epson Kyoto
Digital Textile Center, which includes
a showroom for the Monna Lisa, and
sales and customer support functions.
Kyoto was selected not simply because
it is a traditional center for the textile
industry in Japan, but for its ready access to the many related companies in
the surrounding regions. Epson has
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SELLING DIGITAL PRINTING â&#x20AC;&#x201C;

Choosing Your Long Term Equipment Partner
Once was a time when leaders
at a commercial printing
operation saw a new offset
press, liked the new press,
bought it and then made
money with it. These were the
days when the sheeted and
web offset printing process
didn't require the word
"traditional" in front of them.
That time is no more. While traditional offset printing remains a cornerstone of today's commercial print
world, its more savvy sibling - digital
printing, is maturing fast and is already
looking to step into some of its older
brother's shoes.
Today's commercial printer needs
support for the successful transition
to understanding, selling, marketing
and building profit centres around
digital printing. Recognising this fundamental requirement, leading digital
press providers are working earnestly
to help customers embrace new technologies.
So, is this new avenue pointing today's
printers in the right digital direction?
Paul Dimmock, Graphic Communications Strategy Manager at Fuji Xerox
believes yes.

Paul Dimmock, Graphic Communications
Strategy Manager at Fuji Xerox

"The role of commercial printers is
changing due to the fact that their
customers' businesses are changing.
This is requiring them to become
problem solvers and more marketing and service orientedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as opposed
to just producing printed material,"
Dimmock explains. "These changes
provide printers with new opportunities to generate greater revenues and
stronger partnerships with their clients. But they have to know how best
to leverage digital printing to be successful. The days of just printing a job

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a solution that's right for the business,
and provide coaching so that the sales
team of a newly digitised printing operation knows how to promote these
services.
Fuji Xerox understands the needs of
digitally minded commercial printers.
According to Paul Dimmock "Being an integral part of a commercial
printing operation before, during
and long after the sale of any digital
press is simply the right thing to do,"
Dimmock states. "If a printing business utilises a digital press and fails,
the technology takes the blame, when
really it is an issue of business development, marketing and sales understanding, strategising and formulating
business plans that transition commercial printing businesses into a true
digital business."

for your client are over. Today it's all
about understanding, marketing, educating and delivering new opportunities including customised print."
The Fuji Xerox Business Development team is one printing industry
vehicle working with printers to do all
of the above. Helping printers to best
leverage new digital printing solutions,
includes variable data printing and
short-run colour applications, the Fuji
Xerox team provide consultation, education, seminars, sales and marketing
tool kits, and ongoing support. They
assist in creating marketing programs,
supporting customer events, and educating their personnel on the benefits
and opportunities that digital and variable data printing offer.
The team analyses a printer's business
and reviews with its executives, formulates a strategy of how to implement

In its efforts to better empower digital
customers, notably of late the Color
1000 Press, Fuji Xerox makes itself
accessible ongoing to provide education, seminar programs, developing
sales and marketing programs and
support services, as well as overall
business development consulting to
its commercial printing customers.
Fuji Xerox deploys analysts, which are
digital printing workflow specialists,
post-sale to monitor and evaluate a
company's progress.
Dimmock emphasises that it's critical
for commercial printers moving into
the digital printing market to understand they are entering a new revenue
opportunity that requires tools, support and professional advice to be
successful.
Do commercial printers welcome the
efforts being provided like those of
Fuji Xerox ?
Perhaps the smart ones are more receptive to opening their doors to consultation and advice—encouraging
their company, as a whole, to think

differently, change the sales strategy,
become more education-centric with
their own sales personnel, as well as
their customer base.
Dimmock stresses the critical nature
of vendor support and commitment
before any sale is made. Support for
printers integrating digital printing
into their traditional offset print environments should be a full-tilt resource
before the fact—not an emergency
quick fix for issues that arise once the
technology is in place.
"Everybody is talking about solutions—so much so that solutions
are sometimes the problem," Dimmock observes. "For years everyone
was happy focusing on the machines
themselves. Today, that is simply no
longer good business." He says that
Fuji Xerox initiates sound conversations and educational exercises with
printers before, during and after the
sale.”
"Today's digital printing customers
are looking for answers outside of the
machines; they want long term business partnership support with their
chosen supply partner."
If you're like many progressive commercial print shops, visions of digital
printing are dancing in your head. If
you're considering investing in this
arena, heed these words of advice
from early adopters:
• Work with your chosen digital press
supplier closely
• Understand exactly what this new
technology is capable of
• Experiment with it, learn what it can
do and what type of work is best suitable
• Be proactive in researching technology today. Your local market is already
changing due to customer demand
• Don't wait for your clients to suggest
and develop new services for them. •

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Quality with the industry’s
smallest footprint

Kodak, a market leader in web inkjet presses, introduces the next
generation Versamark Printing System with the industry’s smallest
footprint and innovative single-engine design.
The new family of Kodak Versamark
Printing Systems is made up of
compact, high-speed monochrome
and process color web presses that
feature a single-engine duplex design
and the next generation of Drop on
Demand (DOD) printheads from
Kodak. With these new systems,
customers have the option of starting
with monochrome and easily moving
up to spot and full color as their
production needs change.
Designed to address customers’ need
for scalability, the new Versamark
Printing Systems offer a shorter
web path than previous models,
which means fewer web breaks and
increased productivity, providing
higher throughput in peak production
periods. Thanks to the singleengine duplex design, the eight new
models offer a 40% smaller footprint
than competitive systems and
represent exciting opportunities for
transactional, newsletter, direct mail
and newspaper printers, especially
where space is at a premium.

“These devices take our proven
technology and make it even better
with higher image quality, enhanced
features, smaller footprint, and a
focus on ensuring an easy upgrade
path,” said Isidre Rosello, General
Manager, Digital Printing Solutions,
Kodak. “The market called for
high-speed color inkjet that delivers
higher performance in less space and
we responded with smaller, more
productive and reliable systems that
fit any business and grow with the
customer.”
The next generation of printheads
improves flat field density and reduces
the variation in dot size within one
module in the printhead, which
reduces banding and results in higher
print quality.
Based on a flexible, powerful digital
platform, Versamark Printing Systems
are equipped to handle complex
variable data print applications, such
as transactional documents and direct
mail. They help to reduce costs and

turnaround times by streamlining
the production process through
forms replacement—eliminating the
two-step process of printing offset
forms or master documents and then
imprinting variable data offline. With
Versamark Printing Systems, users can
produce a complete process color,
personalized, two-sided document in
one pass.
With the Versamark Printing Systems,
the security ink feature enables
printing of government documents
that provide fraud protection with
inclusion of high levels of VDP. And
the MICR capability can be used for
check printing to facilitate automation
in check processing while providing a
secure feature.
“Kodak has the largest installed base
of colour roll-fed inkjet systems
worldwide, and these new models
give customers powerful new tools to
expand and grow their businesses,”
noted Vince Ferraro, Vice President,
Worldwide Marketing, Digital Printing
Solutions, Kodak. “With more than 40
years of ongoing inkjet innovation, we
understand the market and work sideby-side with our customers to ensure
they have what they need now, and can
capitalize on changes in the market in
the future.”
The new Versamark Systems are
targeted at transactional, direct mail,
and short-run newspapers applications,
complementing the higher capacity
capabilities of the Kodak Prosper
Platform in the Kodak portfolio.•

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The PPI Top 100 - most
companies in the black
Once again, International
Paper (IP) heads PPI's
Top 100 listing (for fiscal
year 2010, based on pulp,
paper, converting and
merchanting operations),
outpacing its closest
competitor, Procter &
Gamble (P&G), by an
almost two-to-one margin,
about the same as the
2009 figures. IP had PPCM
sales of $24,959 million
compared with P&G's
$14,736 million. Sales
figures for both companies
are up slightly over 2009
levels.
Of course, if consolidated sales for the
same period are looked at, consumer
products giant P&G and Japanese
behemoth Marubeni far outpace the
rest of the Top 100 with total sales of
$78,938 million and $102, 705 million
respectively.
Overall, the listing did not have as
much swing as other years. The top
10 remained albeit in slightly different
order. Stora Enso moved up to third
from fifth. Oji dropped down a spot
to fourth. Nippon Paper rounded out
the top five, up from sixth a year ago.
In order, the rest of the Top 10 were:
SCA, UPM, Kimberly-Clark, SmurfitKappa and Mondi.
Coming off a severe recession, most
companies were able to post earnings
figures that were in the black. Two in
particular, AbitibiBowater and SmurfitStone (since taken over by RockTenn)
showed
remarkable
turnarounds

although these were helped in no
small part by "fresh start accounting"
following bankruptcies.
As perhaps can be expected, Chinese
companies continued their climb up
the sales ladder. Nine Dragons led the
way moving into No. 31 on the list with
PPCM sales of $2,647 million. This is
the highest post a Chinese company
had held in the listings. It also marks
a big climb for Nine Dragons, which
was No. 39 on the list in 2010 and 44
in 2009. All showed strong jumps in
PPCM sales
Chinese companies now occupy three
spots in the top 50 with Shandong
Chenming coming in at No. 35 and Lee
& Man at No, 46.
Reflecting the growth of most Asian
pulp and paper companies, not just
the Chinese, India's BILT moved up
11 spots to 84 on the list, with PPCM

sales of $834.3 million in 2010, up
from $566 million in 2009.
There are only two newcomers to the
Top 100: Shandong Bohui, another
going Chinese concern, which came
in at 94 after just missing the 2010 list;
Portugal's Altri is the other, making its
debut at No. 98.
Spain's ENCE, which just made the list
last year at the 100 spot, jumped all the
way to No. 85, showing a 65% increase
in PPCM sales.
In an encouraging sign compared
with the past two years, PPCM sales
showed an increase of just less than
10% to almost $304,000 million. Paper
and board production also showed an
increase in 2010 following two years of
decline. Production topped 199 million
tonnes in 2010, compared with 187.5
million tonnes in 2009. Market pulp
also showed some growth, up by about

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five million tonnes to 43.9 million
tonnes.
All six regions in the listing showed
an increase in PPCM sales. In 2009,
every region but Asia showed a drop.
In terms of production of paper,
board and market pulp, the percentages
and tonnages for each region were

remarkably similar to 2009 figures
although Europe did show a large
jump in the amount of market pulp
produced, up almost three million
tonnes.
PPI's Million Tonners Club also
showed an increase in membership in
2010, up by two to 57 with Billerud

and Shandong Bohui Paper joining
the club. There is another new name
on the list, Bio PAPPEL, but this is
the former Durango. In 2010, the
members combined to produce almost
186 million tonnes of paper and board
compared with the 2009 figure of 171.5
million tonnes. •

Sustainability has arrived
at print shops
Environmental protection, like sustainability, is a global issue of ever
increasing importance that also affects the print media industry. Heidelberg
therefore played host once again to the international Environmental Dialog
at the Print Media Academy on the occasion of the presentation of the
second Heidelberg ECO Printing Award.

Guests included the award winners and
the print shops nominated for the award
– in other words, companies that have
long been committed to environmental
protection. The participants discussed
current and future environmental
trends with Stephan Plenz, Member
of the Management Board responsible
for Heidelberg Equipment, and the
members of the independent panel of
judges. The entries submitted for the
environmental award show a clear move
toward fully integrated sustainability
management. As well as print shops'
environmental
commitment,
the
importance attached to social factors is
increasing all the time.
According to the participants, the
next step involves saving increasingly
scarce resources such as water, utilizing
intelligent heat recovery systems in
the pressroom, and above all allowing
employees and end customers to play
a part in the sustainability process.
“The idea behind the award and the
Environmental Dialog is to motivate
print shops throughout the world
to strengthen their commitment to
environmental protection even further
and to offer an international platform
for sharing ideas and learning from each
other,” explained Plenz, who presided
over the Environmental Dialog.
According to one participant, New
Zealand, for example, is only at the
start of the CO2 debate compared to
Europe. And yet an increasing number
of print shops there are applying for
certification, while the demand from

Stephan Plenz (third from right), Member of the Management Board responsible for Heidelberg Equipment, chaired the Environmental Dialog and
is looking to support print shops worldwide and motivate them to redouble
their commitment to environmental protection.
customers for climate-neutral print
products – first and foremost from
large B-2-C companies – is continuing
to grow. “We're proud of using
climate-neutral printing and being one
of New Zealand's most sustainable
companies in the printing sector,” said
Jenny Carter, Financial Director and
Environmental Officer at Soar Printing
Co. Ltd. in Auckland.
Participants all agreed that a
commitment to sustainability pays
dividends. A growing number of end
customers expect suppliers to employ
an environmental production process
for print products, while state-of-theart machinery and improved processes

also help cut costs. “We process around
6,000 jobs a year and five percent of
these are now produced using climateneutral printing,” explained Rob
Nugent from Australian print shop
Vega Press, which won the award for
the top sustainable innovative solution
at the Heidelberg ECO Printing Award.
This proportion is set to rise in the next
few years, as the Australian government
is planning a CO2 tax.
Integrating staff and end
customers is key
“We're passionate about environmental
protection and are true believers,”
explained Werner Drechsler, Managing
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Düsseldorf. The print shop has tripled
its sales in the last few years and the
proportion of jobs produced using
climate-neutral printing has risen to
10 percent over the same period. A
five-strong environment team with
members from all departments and
supported by external consultants
serves as a forge for new ideas
and putting in place a continuous
improvement process. Employees are
integrated and committed – this is
one of the reasons why Druckstudio
GmbH was selected as one of the 100
best employers in Germany.
The environment team at the Druckerei
Lokay print shop in Reinheim in
the German state of Hesse is soon
to be expanded by “Social affairs
and occupational health and safety”.
“Our vision is a code of practice for
all employees, where fun also has
an essential role to play in keeping
people motivated,” observed Thomas
Fleckenstein from Lokay. In his view,
the environmental management system
based on EMAS III, staff training, and
external activities such as marketing
and customer support are key to
sustainability. Ann Marie Keene from
The John Roberts Printing Company in
the U.S. – which this year won the award
for most sustainable printing company
– agreed: “People are important to
us – we train our employees, produce
a sustainability report every year,
and offer our customers tours of the
company during which we show them
the printing process and how we can
save resources. Our customers never
fail to be impressed by how much
paper waste we eliminate by using
Prinect Inpress Control.” Seminars for
customers are a big success at The John
Roberts Printing Company, providing
information on areas such as paper
selection and other criteria for direct
mailings and offering suggestions and
new ideas on how to raise efficiency in
communications.
An exemplary contribution to boosting
staff motivation was presented by
Polish print shop Werner Kenkel
Spólka z o.o. This corrugated board
manufacturer and packaging printer
provided its almost 600 employees
with training on the environment last
year. Now, every time employees log
onto their computers, they are asked
randomly selected environmental

questions from a list of 500 and are
only granted access if they answer
correctly. The family business also
donated 600 bikes for climate-neutral
travel to work – even the directors cycle
to work. “As an additional incentive, we
reward our employees for good ideas.
This cuts down waste and improves
processes. There's an extra bonus for
reducing paper waste in printing,”
explained technical customer service
manager Radoslaw Jedrzejczak.
Need for lobbying for print products
One extensively discussed topic was
people's perception of the CO2
footprint of print versus online.
A lot more educational work is
necessary in this area to eliminate
misconceptions about print and “dispel
the myth that printing is harmful to
the environment,” as Michael Keene
from The John Roberts Company
explained. Countless studies show that
the Internet is not more eco-friendly.
For example, two Google searches
equate to the energy required to bring
a pot of water to boil. The advantages
of print include value retention and
high-quality products. “I view print as a
form of communication. We're finding
that catalog production has increased
once again and processing in this sector
is of higher quality, featuring surface
finishing, scents, and use of a very wide
range of materials,” explained Arnfried
Sittner from Kessler Druck und Medien

GmbH & Co. KG in Bobingen.
“Print also scores highly thanks to
its high recycling rate. Customers are
increasingly printing to meet actual
demand and products such as reference
works are switching to the Internet,
where they can be updated faster than
in a print version,” added Dr. Achim
Schorb from the IFEU (Institute for
Energy and Environmental Research)
in Heidelberg.
Participants
welcomed
the
commitment by Heidelberg in offering
a global platform for environmental
protection in the printing industry
with the Heidelberg ECO Printing
Award. “All the companies taking part,
the candidates on the shortlist, and
naturally the award winners provide
impressive proof that integrated ecofriendly media production is the future
and the right way to go about reducing
global warming and protecting our
environment for future generations.
Overall we'd like to see a common
network that pools the activities of the
various task forces on sustainability
(such as the FSC – Forest Stewardship
Council – or Media Mundo) but also
provides anyone interested from other
companies with the positive examples
of the award winners,” said Rainer
Litty, Head of Print Production at
WWF Germany (World Wide Fund
For Nature), at the close of the
Environmental Dialog. •

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Outstanding potential
as a printing press
Yiwu Wansheng Color Printing Co. Ltd. is located in Yiwu City
in Zhejiang Province, China. Boasting a facility of 15,000 square
meters, Yiwu Wansheng is one of the few printing companies
certified for printing publications in Yiwu City.
With a perfect workflow of design,
platemaking, printing, and postpress,
the printer creates various high-end
items such as commercial packaging,
illustrated books and other publications
as well as paper bags and business cards,
using stock from 65 to 400 gsm (mainly
art book paper). Clients include many
renowned cosmetics manufacturers
and publishing companies.
Yiwu Wansheng Color Printing was
founded in 2002 and started its journey
with approximately 30 employees and
one second-hand Manroland press
and one Beiren press. As the head of
the company, General Manager Zhao
Pinhui skillfully obtained business
opportunities in the market with his

remarkable talent and vision. Although
there was a huge need for commercial
printing in the Yiwu printing market,
in 2002 there was no printing
company that operated exclusively for
commercial printing in Yiwu City. Mr.
Zhao made well-timed decisions with
the goal of improving print quality by
introducing a new press to focus on
commercial printing and also to start
package printing.
Purchasing a Komori press: an
astute decision
In the second half of 2002, Yiwu
Wansheng learned about the Komori
brand through another printing
company. To make the best investment
decision, the printer meticulously

compared various printing press
manufacturers, including Komori
and other makers. After careful
consideration,
Yiwu
Wansheng
Color Printing decided to purchase
the Komori four-color Lithrone 28.
Mr. Zhao describes the company’s
journey: “Looking back now, I truly
believe we made the best decision.
After introducing the Komori fourcolor sheetfed offset printing press, we
established a position of superiority in
the market, continued to expand our
business scale in commercial printing,
and grew to become the number
one high-end printing company in
Zhejiang.”
With tremendous support from
Shanghai AFA Printing Machinery
Co. Ltd, the Komori representative in
China, Yiwu Wansheng purchased one
LS-540, three LS-440s, and one LS429 sheetfed offset printing presses —

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one after the other during the next eight years. In addition,
multiple pieces of postpress equipment have also been added.
The facility is powerfully equipped with the Komori machines
as its dominant presses, and the number of employees has
now risen to more than 200. The speed of Yiwu Wansheng’s
growth has been exceptionally fast in the Yiwu printing
market.

Global competence.
Local excellence.

The arrival of the Komori E-429
In December 2010, the company introduced a new printing
press, the Enthrone 29, Komori’s new sheetfed offset printing
press. The Komori press is equipped with Semi-APC
(semiautomatic plate-changing system), uses a benderless
clamping system to eliminate the plate-bending process and
shorten the plate-changing time even further. The new press is
also equipped with an automatic cleaning system that not only
shortens the blanket-cleaning time by using presoaked
microencapsulated cloth but also decreases consumption of
cloth to offer even greater environmental protection.
Mr. Zhao describes the newest Komori four-color Enthrone
29: “The Komori press offers stable printing quality, extremely
high productivity, and very few printing issues. We are very
impressed. The new Enthrone has outstanding potential as a
printing press — covering almost all of the numerous
functions and advantages of the LS-429, featuring the Komori
KHS system and integrating smoothly with the CTP system.
Our work structure consists of two 12-hour shifts, and we are
creating a large quantity of printed materials using the Komori
E-429.”

april 7– 9, 2011

aug 31 – sept 3, 2011

may 3 – 16, 2012

düsseldorf, germany

bangkok, thailand

düsseldorf, germany

www.digimedia.de

www.pack-print.de

www.drupa.com

may 3–6, 2011

nov 14 – 17, 2011

brno, czech republic

shanghai, china

www.bvv.cz/printexpo-gb

www.allinprint.com

Looking into the future
In the past eight years, Yiwu Wansheng Color Printing has
grown rapidly and has been purchasing almost one Komori
press every year. In 2011, the company aims to further improve
its corporate management, work structure, and production.
The company is expecting Komori to develop equipment with
even higher efficiency, quality and stability. In 2012, it plans to
introduce a Komori eight-color perfector for its 10th
anniversary and hopes to share the joy of the occasion with
Komori. •

Popular compact platform, new
press launch, new finishing options
At this year’s IFRA Expo in Vienna, KBA on stand B810
will focus on its popular compact platform comprising the
Commander CT and Cortina, two popular models which are
selling particularly well in Germany, Scandinavia and Italy.

KBA is expanding this platform with
the modular, mid-range Commander
CL, a conventional four-high tower
press available with a choice of
automation levels. A further focus will
be inline coating in waterless coldset
with the KBA Cortina. Once again
KBA will be sharing its stand with its
Indian partner The Printers House
(TPH), whose single-width Orient
presses target printers in threshold
economies.
KBA’s compact philosophy
defines the trend
As the market leader KBA continues
to set the pace in innovative newspaper
press technology. There has been brisk
demand among European newspaper
publishers for the KBA Commander
CT, with its unique features, easy
handling and impressive flexibility. This
is evidenced by the fact that 22 doubleand triple-width press lines with a
total of 106 towers have been sold to
date. Alongside German and Swedish
newspaper houses a longstanding KBA
user in Italy has opted for a customised
Commander CT with heatset capability.
A hybrid heatset/coldset version of
its waterless counterpart, the KBA
Cortina, of which 18 4/1, 4/2 and 6/2
press lines comprising 84 towers have
been sold so far, went live a few months
ago in Sweden. The biggest Cortina
hybrid press to date – consisting of
twelve 4/1 towers and four thermal
dryers – will soon launch into action at
Gulf News in the Dubai desert. Singlewidth four-high tower presses like the
KBA Comet primarily target printers in
high-growth markets such as China and
Africa. For example, Société de Presse
et d’Editions du Cameroun in Jaunde
is taking delivery of a Comet to print
books and newspapers.

Broad service portfolio
KBA’s extensive after-sales services
will be a further focus at this year’s
IFRA Expo, with the group offering
console retrofits, press overhauls
with new controls and drives, and
reconfigurations
for
four-overfour. Other options for enhancing
production flexibility and supporting
innovative forms of advertising include

manroland posts order gains in
the first half of 2011
manroland is benefiting from the economic recovery
and continuing strong demand in the growth regions.
In the first half of 2011, manroland recorded a rise in
orders for both the sheetfed and webfed sector.
Compared with the same period in the
previous year, incoming orders rose by
13% to total 520 million euros. The
already good volume of orders in the
sheetfed sector increased slightly once
again (+2%). Last year the webfed
sector was not yet able to benefit
from the recovery but in the period
under review tracked the positive
development of the sheetfed sector
and recorded considerable gains in
orders (+33%). manroland achieved an
operating result (EBIT) of -25 million
euros and thus reduced the losses
incurred in the previous year by almost
half.
The product innovations developed in
response to demand were significant
drivers behind the success in recent
months. One pleasing aspect is the
annual growth of more than 4% in the
services business that is to be expanded:
spare parts and maintenance concepts
(printservices), along with consumable
materials (printcom). With 435 million
euros, total sales were around 7%
higher than in the previous year. The
main drivers of growth were the BRIC
countries. Here, manroland benefited
especially from the strong demand
in China. Due to the importance

of growth markets for manroland’s
business, the company decided to take
over control of the sales and service
networks in South America, southern
Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia and
New Zealand in 2009. This market
organization has been able to achieve
great success in the meantime. As in the
past, the export ratio remained stable at
around 80%.

With a gain in orders and increased
sales, manroland achieved a pleasing
result for the first half of 2011,” reports
manroland CEO Gerd Finkbeiner.
“The strategic alliance with Océ in
the digital printing sector will further
strengthen
manroland’s
leading
position in the future. With technical
innovations like product safety in
packaging printing, automation features
with robot technology for newspaper
presses, and new developments in
high-volume commercial web offset
printing, we are showing that print has
a bright future.”
This positive development has also
had an effect on the employment
situation: short-time work at the
Offenbach factory, which has become
necessary due to the economic crisis,
ended in June. On group level, the job
cuts already announced due to long-

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term capacity alignment are running
according to plan. By the end of 2012,
the number of employees is scheduled
for reduction to under 6,000. Not
including external personnel and
trainees, as of June 30, 2011, manroland
had a total staff of 6,630 worldwide,
with approximately 84% in Germany.
This represents a decrease of roughly
11% from the previous year.
Outlook
Despite the positive development,
manroland does not expect a return
to the boom level of 2007. “We are
assuming 75% of the pre-crisis volume
in the sheetfed sector and around 60%
in the webfed sector. Measured against
the boom year, our sheetfed results at
present are at approximately 60%, and
webfed almost 50%,” says Finkbeiner.
For the full year 2011, manroland
targets sales of more than one billion
euros.
The
product
innovations
for
commercial and sheetfed printing
presented in the first half of 2011 were
greeted enthusiastically by international
customers and are bound to stimulate
sales in the second half of 2011. The
partnership with Océ and the resulting
opportunities for combining both
offset and digital printing have also
generated strong interest amongst
customers. The IFRA Expo fair in
Vienna in October will bring further
impetus to newspaper printing. A
slight decline in demand is nevertheless
expected, particularly in China.

The new manroland Industrial Services
business sector was established on
January 1, 2011 and now has around 100
employees. In the medium term, this
number is expected to increase to about
300. manroland offers the services of
highly qualified personnel for the
engineering sector and thus responds
to the growing demand for specialized
skilled staff. Another growth area is
the new business sector manroland
Mechatronic Systems in Plauen, which
supports customers through expanding
their development and production
capacity. On request, manroland
takes over the complete realization of

projects, as well as manufacturing and
assembly of individual components
– from large assemblies right up to
plant and equipment that works in
tolerances measured in micrometers.
The two new business sectors that were
established in the course of the strategic
realignment announced in fall 2010 are
expected to already make a positive
contribution to the company’s earnings
in the second half of 2011. They show
how manroland’s core expertise can
also be successfully utilized beyond the
company’s core business.•

Materials that uses
biomass polyethylene
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. has developed Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
first film for use in packaging materials that uses
biomass polyethylene (PE). A full-scale sale was
launched in August 2011.
In order to contribute to the realisation
of a sustainable society, Toppan
Printing engages in the development
of products that are environmentally
friendly. This new product is a film that
partially uses a raw material derived
from sugarcane and has a biomass ratio
of up to 40% (ratio by weight).

materials using biomass plastics. In
addition, Toppan Printing developed
biomass packaging using polylactate
in 2000 and it was adopted for the
outer packaging for home electrical
appliances. Since then, it has been used
widely in sectors such as the food and
clothing industries.

While using a raw material derived
from plants, the film retains the same
performance as existing films in terms
of properties such as shock resistance
and ease of tearing. This product is
being used for standing refill pouches
for items such as hair care products.

Polyethylene is a material that is the base
for many types of flexible packaging.
With the development of this biomass
polyethylene film, it has become
possible for the first time in Japan to
provide biomass packaging materials in
all areas of flexible packaging.

Profile
Biomass plastic is a renewable resource
that uses plant-based raw materials and
can be used sustainably. It can contribute
to the creation of a sustainable society
as it enables a reduction in the use of
fossil resources such as oil. In addition,
since it is considered that the volume
of CO2 generated during incineration
and the volume absorbed during
the growth of the plant cancel each
other out, it is receiving attention as
an environmentally friendly material
that can reduce CO2 emissions in
comparison with oil-based plastics.

Overview of the product
This product achieves a reduction in the
use of oil by replacing oil-based linear
low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)
with a film that partially uses LLDPE
derived from sugar cane. For example,
in the case of a standing refill pouch
that uses the new film, by replacing part
of the oil-based LLDPE that accounts
for around 75% of the total material
with LLDPE derived from sugar cane,
it is possible to reduce CO2 emissions
during incineration by up to 40%(*).

As an initiative to mitigate global
warming and reduce the use of oil,
since 1991 Toppan Printing has
been engaged in the development
and commercialization of packaging

The film retains the same properties
and suitability for processing as existing
PE film and is ideal for packaging for
everyday items such as shampoo and
food products such as seasonings.

Sales target
Toppan Printing is targeting sales of
ÂĽ12 billion in fiscal 2015 for its biomass
plastic product business as a whole.
Future developments
Using the know-how acquired in the
development of this product, Toppan
Printing will aim to expand the use of
biomass PE as a packaging material
for other products and proactively
advance the development of packaging
using biomass plastics such as biomass
high-density polyethylene (HDPE),
polylactate, and biomass PET.
* When 1 kg of this product with a typical
structure is incinerated, 2.95 kg of CO2 derived
from plastic is generated.
If the percentage of biomass in the product is 40%,
the volume of biomass-derived CO2 released is
1.25 kg.
Because the CO2 derived from biomass is
not counted, there is a 42.4% reduction
(1.25/2.95=42.4%).
If the CO2 derived from ink and adhesives is
included, the final CO2 reduction is around 40%.

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Web Offset Technology

Sankei Shimbun Printing
Co. achieves greater colour
Sankei Shimbun Printing Co., the Japanese newspaper
publisher, is set to deliver precision print quality after
installing QuadTech's color control and register control technology at its Hokusetsu (Osaka) plant.
Sankei Shimbun enhanced four of its
Goss International Newsliner presses
with QuadTech's Color Control and
Web Inspection System with AccuCam,
Register Guidance System with
MultiCam® and ICONTM integrated
communication platform.
Mr. Toru Uesaka, Director of the
Production Bureau at Sankei Shimbun,
comments: "QuadTech worked very
closely with us to meet extremely high
standards of colour quality, meeting
the proof to NSAC standards. With
the AccuCam, we are confident that we
can provide a high quality paper that
satisfies both readers and advertisers."
Mr. Kentaro Kanoya, of Sankei
Shimbun's
Production
Bureau
Engineering Department, added that
the plant where AccuCam is installed
now produces the best colour quality in
the Sankei group, and has established
the colour standard for all Sankei plants
to meet.
"I'm convinced," said QuadTech
President Karl Fritchen, "that the
success we're having with AccuCam
performance is a direct result of
working with development partners
who demanded nothing but excellence
from us."
A crucial factor persuading Sankei
Shimbun to invest was the AccuCam's
ability to ensure accuracy and
consistency in color reproduction. The
system provides fully automatic closedloop colour control by automatically
controlling the ink-key settings. An
image-based system, AccuCam uses
pre-press image files to create L*a*b*
target aim point values. Its six-channel
sensor measures the printed web and
calculates the L*a*b* values of the

entire image, then brings the printed
image to the specified L*a*b* target
values and automatically maintains the
color values throughout the production
run.
The key to defect reductions is
AccuCam's high sensitivity to colour
deviations, and the speed with which
it carries out remedial action. The
system typically begins measuring and
controlling colour within the first 150
copies. AccuCam controls all process
colours equally and with consistency
throughout the production shift,
completing an ink-key analysis cycle
every 19 seconds. In comparison,
human effectiveness fluctuates wildly
throughout a shift, due to dips in
concentration and fatigue.
Sankei Shimbun conducted tests,
comparing manual adjustment to
AccuCam automatic control. The
results showed variation to the printing
standard was 4.54 ∆E in manual,

and 2.61 ∆E in AccuCam automatic
control-exceeding Sankei's expectation
of 3.00 ∆E. The tests also showed
better-than-expected color consistency
from press to press, with very small
variation of 1.00 ∆E.
QuadTech's Register Guidance System
with MultiCam identifies register marks
as small as 0.36 mm (0.014 in) at speeds
up to 17.8 M/sec (3,500 ft/min).
All control equipment is run from
QuadTech's communication platform,
ICON, for easy recall of set-up data,
while Data Central has also been
included to for improved monitoring
of press and process performance.
The Sankei Shimbun, published by the
group and founded 1933, is Japan's
sixth best-selling daily newspaper,
with a circulation of nearly 2.2
million copies. The publisher is also
responsible for a number of popular
consumer newspapers, including the
million-selling daily, Sankei Sports. •

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Finishing Technology

Automation in Finishing
In order to increase competitiveness and strengthen
their market position, producers of magazines, reviews
and advertising brochures have to recognise that the
attractiveness of products and productivity are of
fundamental importance.

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Within companies, binderies generally
have the reputation of being time personell and cost intensive. “Wrongfully,”
underlines Felix Stirnimann, Marketing
Manager in Zofingen/CH. He emphatically points out that this greatly depends
on the choice of system. Furthermore,
automated saddle stitcher systems from
Muller Martini have significantly helped
improve productivity in finishing across
the world.
Publishers’ binderies are regularly coming under fire for occupying too many
people on the finishing machines in
comparison with other sections of the
printing house. “This may be true, but
the accusation is not justified,” insists
Felix Stirnimann. “The number of
workers required to complete a brochure or magazine primarily depends
on which buffer variant one chooses. It
stands to reason that feeding a system
by hand requires considerably more
personnel than feeding with logs or via
PrintRoll.”
Factors for Increase in Productivity

Therefore Stirnimann advocates – at
least in the mid to high performance
sectors – consistent automation in finishing: “This applies predominately to
feeding and palletizing.” The requirements for modern saddle stitcher systems are therefore heading in three directions:
1. High Net Output
In order to produce the required quantities cost-effectively, the machines – particularly in the mid to high-performance
range – have to run at near maximum
performance for long periods of time.
In addition to speed, operational comfort and system reliability are important
factors for success. Stirnimann says:
“Here our sophisticated quality controls
have made our saddle stitchers the safest and most reliable on the market.”
2. Fast Setup
As job and format changes are continually increasing, an intelligent control
system is becoming increasingly important. Amrys (Automatic Make Ready
System) can reduce the setup times for

Muller Martini machines by up to 50%.
This can be particular advantageous for
continually changing job structures. “In
addition, all new Muller Martini saddle
stitcher models can be integrated into
digital workflow according to the CIP4
standard,” emphasises Stirnimann. “The
trend towards digital workflow was already clear at Drupa 2004, and at the
coming Drupa it will most definitely be
the main focus for many exhibitors.”
3. Automated Feeding and Palletising
“There is little use in having the fastest
saddle stitcher, if signatures cannot be
quickly fed and the finished products
quickly delivered,” insists Stirnimann.
Feeding with streamfeeders, logs and
rolls means Muller Martini is automating the processes as it is doing with bundle building and delivery systems which
palletize and deliver the products at the
end of every print finishing operation.
How much automation would
you like to see?
The saddle stitcher system feeders

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which could be damaged by straps.” For
this reason, Muller Martini recommends
the Vivo and AvantiPlus log stackers for
perfect log building.
Nowadays, short logs (800 mm) are still
widely used. Stirnimann suggests that
this log length could be prohibitive in
terms of performance. “One achieves
considerably higher loading performance per person with logs of 1200
mm length. Furthermore, short logs
require 50% more end board.” As the
“Buffer Systems” diagram shows, Muller Martini presumes that when using
logs, one person is required per four to
five feeders – a considerable reduction
in manpower in binderies.

can be loaded either manually, or with
logs or rolls. Which variant is the most
worthwhile and economical must be decided case by case. It is clear that hand
feeding offers the highest level of flexibility in production but is also the most
personnel-intensive way. For a saddle
stitching system with eight feeders operating with a medium production speed
of 14 000 copies, it is assumed that five
to six operators are required. (Compare
diagram).
Automating Feeding with
Streamfeeders
This is why Muller Martini already offers automation for the hand feeding
of its mid-performance range saddle
stitchers via short streamfeeders. They
are compactly built and can be changed
from hand feeding to automatic log
feeding in a matter of minutes. The advantages of the streamfeeders are clear:
In the first stage, the logs are reformed
into thick shingles which are transported to the feeder. In the second stage, the
signatures are separated with an accelerating belt and protectively placed in the
hopper. This means that no extra care
is required in order to bring the products into the hopper. In addition, the
entire mechanism, which measures the
log height in the hopper, is controlled
via a sensor. This guarantees the same
requirements for the separation process
every time, which has a significant effect
on the system’s net output.
Streamfeeders are therefore the ideal

loading device for signatures and covers. Setup and changeover time is saved
thanks to motorised adjustments. In
just a matter of minutes, the attachable
log feeding module turns the hand-fed
streamfeeders into an automatic log
feeding system for variable size logs.
Log Feeding is State of the Art
The finishing of signature logs in middle and large print runs has established
itself in the production of saddle
stitched print products due to its profitability. The continual material flow
significantly increases the saddle stitchers’ net output and guarantees that machines are constantly running. “A main
point about log feeding is the log quality,” underlines Felix Stirnimann. “The
logs must have neatly jogged signatures
without any protruding signature parts

The logs can be ergonomically fed with
a crane system. The stream feeders can
be easily relocated thanks to transport
rolls and then freely used at any station.
Maximum Automation with
Roll Feeding
“Automation with rolls may be a big investment but it offers the highest level
of automation for saddle stitcher feeding,” explains Stirnimann. “Even for
multiple production lines, feeding by
PrintRoll only requires one person who
brings all the rolls to the saddle stitcher
and the empty rolls back into the store.”
Roll feeding guarantees continuous and
highly efficient workflow. This can be
further optimised with a fully-automatic
logistics system – as has already been
done on numerous occasions by Muller
Martini. •

HP phasing out solvent
July has been a month of bold moves for HP. In Shanghai, China, the
company has announced an expanded range of new digital printing
solutions. A bold statement was made: “… we feel solvent won’t be
around…” Christel Lee reports.
Renowned in the industry for its 75%
water-based latex inks, HP has executed
initial steps that will strengthen PSPs’
(print service providers) value proposition to their customers – allowing them
to capture a larger share of the fastgrowing signage industry in Asia Pacific.
Unveiled in Shanghai, in conjunction
with the recent 19th Shanghai International Advertising & Sign Technology &
Equipment Exhibition, the HP 126-inch
Scitex LX850 printer is the latest addition to the HP Scitex fleet. Also showcased was the HP Scitex FB7500 printer.
The republic is known for its intensive
solvent-based printing for outdoor advertising. Gido Van Praag, vice president
of graphics solutions business, imaging
and print group for Asia Pacific and
Japan, commented on the difference
between printing in the republic versus
other parts of the world.

“China is growing faster than anywhere
else in the world of digital printing. We
compete with at least 50-60 other players
in China alone, in comparison to other
parts of the world. To remain competitive involves more than providing good
products – we need to be reachable to
customers who need assistance. We
work with direct sales, so it’s imperative
that we prudently select the channels
that have the capabilities to boost our
links with the customers in the country,”
Van Praag highlights.
Yariv Avisar, vice president and general
manager, large-format printing industrial
solutions, imaging and printing group,
commented on industry response to the
new presses. “We will soon be installing some 100 units of the HP Scitex
FB7500 printer globally. The installations of HP Scitex FB7500 printers in
Asia Pacific and Japan are in Australia,
New Zealand, Malaysia and Philippines.
HP also has orders from Indonesia and
China and these are going to be installed
this quarter. We hope to install some 20
units of HP Scitex LX850 printer before
the end of this year,” he said.
Designed for fast-paced, industrial
printing environments, the HP Scitex
FB7500 printer is a versatile UV flatbed
printer that is an ideal solution for closeview high-quality point-of-purchase/
point-of-sale applications, exhibition
graphics, signage, backit displays and
posters. It boasts speeds up to 500m2/
hr (5380sqft/hr) and three-quarter automated loading to reduce idle time between sheets by up to 85%.

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graphics solutions business, imaging
and print group for Asia Pacific and
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HP’s Scitex LX850 printer allows PSPs
to differentiate, win new business and
generate increased profits. It enables
PSPs to expand the variety of environmentally-conscious outdoor and indoor
applications they can offer while also
improving their overall printing atmosphere. It is capable of printing on soft
fabrics and textiles. Five units to date
have been sold in Asia, the first to Australia and a few in China.
While many players in the industry are
dishing out teaser products in preparation for the next drupa, Avisar remains
tightlipped when quizzed about possible
breakthroughs for inks after its generation of latex ink technology. •

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Wide Format / Proofing Technology

FUJIFILM inks first to be approved by
the Soil Association Certification
FUJIFILM announces that over 50 products from three of its Sericol
screen printing textile ink ranges have been approved by the Soil
Association Certification to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
for use in organic textile processing.
FUJIFILM is the first company to have
products approved under the Soil Association Certification’s new ‘Approved
Inputs for Textiles Scheme’. This new
scheme will help organic textile and garment manufacturers to source low-impact textile processing chemicals.
Georgina Thomas, Soil Association Certification textile specialist, said: “We are
excited to announce that FUJIFILM is
the first company to offer Soil Association approved inputs for organic textiles.
These inks meet strict criteria on toxicity and biodegradability according to
GOTS, the international gold standard

for organic textile processing. Look out
for our Approved symbol on products.”
Jon Harper-Smith, marketing manager,
FUJIFILM Graphic Systems Europe
comments: “We are delighted to have
achieved this approval from the Soil Association Certification that demonstrates
FUJIFILM’s commitment to sustainability. We are thrilled that it is now even easier for our customers to print certified
organic textiles. With this comprehensive range of Soil Association approved
screen printing inks there is virtually no
limit to the range of colours and effects
that can now be printed onto organic
certified textiles.”

FUJIFILM has undertaken an extensive
research and development programme
focused on developing inks with performance characteristics that meet the Soil
Association Certification guidelines. The
research involved carefully balancing
print performance characteristics with
the toxicological and ecological requirements that were necessary to meet the
approval criteria.
The products approved are from three
of the Sericol screen printing textile ink
ranges:
Texiscreen Aqua AJ – a water based ink
for direct printing
Texcharge TC – a water based discharge
ink for printing dark garments
Pioneer Ultra YC – an opaque PVC-free
and phthalate-free plastisol ink for printing line and process colours together
with a range of special effects including
high build, puff and suede
The Soil Association has been working in organic textiles for over 10 years,
and played a leading role in the development of GOTS, a standard which
the Soil Association Certification now
certifies to. The Soil Association textile
licensees saw 35% sales growth in 2010.
Francis Blake,Soil Association policy
advisor and member of the GOTS International Working Group, said: “The
increasing range of approved chemical
inputs available to almost 3000 GOTS
certified textile and garment businesses
worldwide demonstrates that certified
organic textiles represent an exciting and
buoyant market sector. It is increasingly
clear that it is possible to produce modern, fashionable textiles in a way that is
kinder, cleaner and better for people and
the planet.”

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M-600: Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
best selling 16-page
commercial web press
Goss print quality, reliability and high-speed performance features
combine with sheetfed quality and run lengths to make the 16-page
M-600 press a leader in application versatility.

ContiTech Elastomer Coatings is
presenting four high-tech printing
blankets at the IFRA Expo 2011.
The blankets make for better printing
results that are more economical
and eco friendly. The CONTI-AIR
STEEL CTZ 71 printing blanket is the
advanced, climate-friendly solution for
waterless offset printing, the CONTIAIR ENTROPIA-TR 2 newspaper
printing blanket with Air2 technology
stands for stable production conditions,
and the tried-and-tested CONTI-AIR
Evolution-TR blanket ensures top
ink transfer combined with neutral
paper feed. The very first newspaper
printing blanket of the PHOENIX
Xtra BLANKETS brand, the Phoenix
Journal, was developed especially for
high-speed rotary newspaper presses.
With its two brands, ContiTech
demonstrates
its
wide-ranging
competence in the field of newspaper
printing.
CONTI-AIR® STEEL CTZ 71:
ideal for waterless offset printing
The new CONTI-AIR STEEL CTZ
71 metal printing blanket – based
on the earlier type CE 51/71 – is a
well-engineered and climate-friendly
solution for waterless newspaper offset
printing. It impresses with its excellent
ink transfer, maximum precision and
high printing quality. In addition, this
blan-ket displays a slight negative
transport behavior, which provides
for a good paper web tension and thus
lower temperatures on the plate and the
print-ing blanket surface. “Thanks to
these properties, the ink buildup is less
compared to the earlier type CE51/71,
and the Drives of the Press are running more neutrally as well, particularly

in waterless offset printing,” says
Markus Gnass, head of Application
Engineering and Sales at ContiTech
Elastomer Coatings. “This shortens
the washing intervals and reduces the
consumption of washing agents and
energy for the machine drives.” The
CONTI-AIR metal printing blanket
also stands out due to its uniform
thick-ness (plane parallelism), which
guarantees uniform printing results
over the entire length and width.
For
waterless
offset
printing
applications, ContiTech is offering
the CONTI-AIR STEEL series,
advanced metal printing blankets that
are also certified as climate-friendly
by the renowned Ostwestfalen-Lippe
University.
CONTI-AIR ENTROPIA-TR 2:
Newspaper printing blanket with

Air2 technology
ENTROPIA-TR 2, a blanket based on
what is referred to as Air2 technology
and equipped with an additional
compressible layer beneath the cover,
also enjoys wide recognition among
customers in the newspaper printing
sector. “The ENTROPIA-TR 2
blanket ensures uniform engine power
consumption and guarantees stable
production conditions,” explains Jan
Jungmann, head of Printing Blanket
Development at ContiTech Elastomer
Coatings. Thanks chiefly to its
defined low-sink characteristics, the
ENTROPIA-TR 2’s unique design with
the two compressible layers allows it to
exhibit a very high degree of stability
on four-high units. Further special
properties are a slight negative paper
feed characteristic and a dampened
temperature build-up during printing.

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CONTI-AIR® Evolution-TR:
top ink transfer
The tried-and-tested CONTI-AIR®
EVOLUTION-TR
newspaper
printing blanket is characterized by
its excellent ink transfer, neutral feed
characteristics and good paper release.
It is thus ideal for use on four-high
units in particular. “Gapping - the
term used when adjacent blankets
stray from one another - is prevented
by using a special fabric construction,”
says Jungmann. Throughout the life
of the printing blanket, the printer
can rely on uniformly good register
accuracy. The construction consisting
of a compressible layer and a special
cover also provides for superb smash
resistance and excellent printing results
on all grades of paper.
Phoenix Journal: Innovation for
high-speed rotary newspaper
presses
Phoenix Journal, the first newspaper
printing blanket from PHOENIX
Xtra BLANKETS, is ideal for nonshaft satellite newspaper printing
machines as well as for the four-high
towers. Equipped with two low-stretch,
hydropho-bized carcass fabrics and
a highly resistant, specially roughground sur-face, the printing blanket
ensures stable and reliable production
conditions and a significant reduction in

paper dust buildup. Its slightly negative
paper feed characteristics ensure
smooth paper flow and uniformly
low power input to the motors in the
case of independent drives. With the
Phoenix Journal, ContiTech Elastomer
Coatings offers an innovative and
stable product that is ideally suited to
the needs of offset customers in the
news-print sector.
100 years of printing blankets from
ContiTech
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first rubber printing blanket in 1911,
the trail-blazing expansion process
for compressible printing blankets
(registered for a patent in 1961), the
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Lavergne Group’s expansion in Vietnam
provides additional capacity for HP to
continue year-on-year increases in the
volume of closed loop recycled plastic
used in manufacturing Original HP ink
cartridges.

Xingraphics to host Authorised
Distributor Meeting in Beijing
Xingraphics has announced that it would
host the Authorised Distributor Meeting
on 19 – 21 October 2011 in Beijing. The
leading company known for its quality
CtP systems has revealed that it has
been organising technical workshops for
the past four years. This year marks
the 5th anniversary of the company’s
success, resulting in the decision to have
something more elaborate for its valued
partners.
Up to 100 partners from some 40
locations globally will be invited to
attend the one day event which including
brainstorming of possible strategies to
take on the challenges in the market.
Safwen Hijazi, corporate vice-president,
of Xingraphics, commented: “In the
past workshops, we have been involving
our professional technical team and
overseas product managers. This year,
to commemorate our fifth year in the
industry, we would also like to take
this opportunity to thank our valued
partners for their support.
“That is why we have decided do
something different – hosting it in
Beijing. We are looking forward to have a
fruitful session. We would like to tell our
valued partners that we appreciate their
support and we are in this together!”

a truly significant milestone, with 1 billion Original HP Ink cartridges manufactured using the closed loop recycling
process. We are excited to grow our collaboration with Lavergne in closed loop
ink cartridge recycling, which will help
our customers who are using Original
HP Ink reduce their impact on the environment.”
HP says that the Lavergne Group’s new
plant in Vietnam will facilitate regional
qualification efforts, enabling future
growth in the volume of Original HP Ink
cartridges that it can manufacture using
the closed loop recycling process. The
facility sits closer to the manufacturing
sites for HP Original Ink cartridges in
Asia Pacific and local sources of recycled
materials, which HP says will provide an
estimated six per cent reduction in the
plastic carbon footprint when the facility
is fully operational.”
The company adds that the growing
collaboration with the Lavergne Group
marks the culmination of a twelveyear relationship focused on developing closed loop plastic resin solutions
that meet the quality standards required
for Original HP ink cartridges. The

Jean-Luc Lavergne, president, Lavergne
Group, says, “We are proud to continue
to work closely with HP, who demonstrates a strong commitment to the environment through continued recycling
innovation that enables users of Original
HP Ink to reduce their environmental
impact.”
HP says it introduced the industry’s
first closed loop ink cartridge recycling
process, combining plastic from postconsumer recycled Original HP Ink
cartridges and other sources, such as
recycled water and soda bottles, in the
manufacturing of new Original HP Ink
cartridges. It manufactured more than
one billion Original HP ink cartridges
from closed loop RPET plastic, since the
programme’s first cartridge appeared in
2005.

StreamFold stirs the
print markets

Newspaper printers want to carve out the
biggest possible slice of the quarterfold
market. With StreamFold, they have
found a solution that, with a relatively
small investment, will enable them to
obtain access to those coveted printing
jobs. Locating the quarterfold process in
the postpress sector instead of the press
leads to cheaper and far more flexible
production.

HP and recycling partner
expand with Vietnam plant

HP has announced a further collaboration with recycling partner, the Lavergne
Group, which has a new plant in Vietnam, following HP’s manufacture of one
billion ink cartridges that incorporate recycled plastic from the company’s closed
loop ink cartridge recycling programme.
Annukka Dickens, head of environmental management, Asia Pacific and Japan,
HP, says, “This year, HP has achieved

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Polaris Trykk Trondheim and Polaris
Trykk Harstad, too, have put themselves
in a strong position – thanks to
StreamFold. Since commissioning
in December 2010, the lines have
been kept very busy with circulations
between 10,000 and half a million, and
a further boost to orders is on the cards.
Advertising customers have evidently
recognized that quality and a fast service
can be obtained from newspaper printers
at favourable conditions.
The two Polaris Trykk printing houses
work with Ferag technology on the
conventional newspaper-production side
as well. Trondheim was among the first
Scandinavian users of MSD inserting
technology, while a RollSertDrum
with an SNT-U trimming drum and
StreamStitch stitching component went
into operation in Harstad four years ago.
The two StreamFold lines have a daily
15 hours of spare commercial production
capacity at production speeds up to
60,000 copies per hour. Newspaper
processing is routed independently
through the Ferag inserting systems and
is not affected by the quarterfold process.

Jet Press 720 demonstration
machine in Europe

FUJIFILM today announces that it has
installed the first Jet Press 720 in Europe
in the company’s demonstration centre in
Brussels. The installation was completed
in late June 2011, with the company
now carrying out final preparations for
customer demonstrations which are due
to start very soon. This follows the
completion of a successful beta trial
in Japan earlier this summer. The first
European beta site is scheduled over the
next few months, with full commercial
availability in Europe planned for Q4
2011.
“The commercial availability of the Jet
Press 720 marks the start of a new era

for sheet-fed digital printing. We are very
proud that FUJIFILM is at the forefront
of this revolution.” comments Ryuta
Masui, Senior Vice President, FUJIFILM
Europe GmbH. “Since the technology
announcement at Drupa 2008 and its live
demonstration at Ipex 2010, FUJIFILM
has been perfecting the technologies
within this groundbreaking new press as
we want to make sure that the Jet Press
720 will make a difference to a printer’s
business right from day one. As a result,
we are confident that the Jet Press 720
is going to create new opportunities for
both traditional commercial printers and
the new breed of digital-only printers
who are both looking for cost effective
short run print of exceptional quality.”
The Jet Press 720 is a four colour digital
press capable of printing a B2 sheet in
a single-pass, resulting in production
speeds of up to 2,700 B2 sheets an
hour. It makes use of SAMBATM printhead technology to achieve resolutions
of 1,200dpi x 1,200dpi with four variable
dot sizes, and is set to raise the bar
in terms of the quality that can be
achieved with a digital printing system.
Significantly, by applying a primer to
the printed sheet prior to imaging, the
Jet Press can print onto standard offset
coated and specified uncoated papers.
Once imaged, the B2 sheet can be
treated like an offset sheet, dropping into
existing finishing equipment, with many
special finishes possible. As a result, in
terms of finishing flexibility, digital print
can be treated more like offset print than
ever before.

the benefits the Jet Press 720 can bring.”

drupa has a new president

The chairman of the management board
of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG,
Bernhard Schreier, is the new president
& chairman of the exhibitors’ advisory
board of the leading global trade fair
drupa. He takes over this role from
Martin Weickenmeier, Managing
Director Sales, Marketing and Service of
Körber PaperLink GmbH. Weickenmeier
is no longer available for the tasks of
the drupa president as a result of the
strategic reorientation of the Körber
Group’s Paper Division and, therefore,
resigned his office. Weickenmeier (56)
had been the head of the executive
committee of drupa since the last trade
fair in 2008.
“I am delighted to accept the role of
drupa President at this particularly
exciting and important time for our
industry. drupa 2012 is a really crucial
initiator for the print media industry,
and I will contribute significantly to the
successful planning and organization of
it, “ said Schreier (57) who has been head
of the world-wide largest printing press
manufacturer since 1999.
The next drupa global trade fair for print
and paper will take place in Düsseldorf
from 3 to 16 May 2012.

“The interest in this press at Ipex was
unbelievable, and the conversations we
have been having with many printers
across Europe since then have only
reinforced this,” concludes Masui. “We
are looking forward to talking further
with interested parties and demonstrating

Druckerei Gebhard meets
short-run demand with Presstek

Germany’s Druckerei H. Gebhard
GmbH & Co is servicing growing
demand for small and medium-sized
print runs with digital offset system from
Presstek
The installation of the DI digital

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from increased production speeds and lower costs on a wider range of substrates and applications.
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offset printing machine will enable
the traditional commercial printer to
profitably deliver small and mediumsized runs, which are becoming
increasingly common. Specialist Presstek
partner, Heinrich Baumann Grafisches
Centrum, played a key role in ensuring
the installation went smoothly.
Print runs are getting smaller,” says
Anja Gebhard, Managing Director at
Druckerei Gebhard. “We needed to
respond to this trend and at the same
time meet our customers’ requirements,
being a total printing solutions provider,
and have found the ideal solution in the
Presstek DI. The system will help us
close the gap between offset and digital
printing.”
Previously the company was handling
requirements for multiple sizes on a
70x100 offset printing system. However,
the set-up would not prove profitable
in the long term, as customers would
have to wait a long time for their print
products.
Coater and environmental protection
Another important factor in Druckerei
Gebhard’s decision-making process was
the integrated coater. digital waterless
offset printing technology had already
won us over at drupa 2004, but the
integrated coater option was also key
in our investment decision,” continues
Gebhard. Applying a fast-drying coating
inline not only shortens turnaround
times, it also increases the visual appeal
and extends the service life of the
printed products. The Presstek 52DIAC can apply aqueous coating across
entire surfaces or partially for spotcoated effects.
Virtually every Presstek application
is finished with dispersion coating at
Druckerei Gebhard. These include print
runs of up to 5,000 sheets that are
used to produce letterheads, postcards,

dispensers, promotional flyers and
brochure covers. The company is more
than happy with the printed image: get
excellent results with the FM screens we
frequently use and with 175lpi screens
on uncoated papers e.g. for commercial
printed goods.”
Registration problems are virtually
eliminated with the Presstek DI. makeready times are extremely short and
colour is reproduced quickly,” adds
Gebhard. “ We never need to worry
about registration accuracy. As the plates
are imaged on press without the use of
chemistry. Our reject rate on the DI
press is considerably lower compared
with standard offset printing systems."
The reduced waste and elimination of
dampening solutions and alcohol, thanks
to the waterless offset printing process,
fits perfectly with the FSC-certified,
climate-neutral company’s sustainability
ethos.
The DI product range
Presstek DI digital offset printing
machines are available in three basic
versions: Presstek 75DI, Presstek 52DI
and Presstek 34DI. All three models
are environmentally-friendly, highly
automated and offer 300 lpi as well as
FM screen quality. The Presstek 52DI
is a digital landscape printing machine
offering speeds of up to 10,000 sheets
per hour and a maximum sheet size of
520 x 375 mm. The 52DI is available
with either an inline aqueous coater or a
UV print unit. It supports a wide range
of media up to a thickness of 0.5 mm.

New addition in the
Acuity Series

FUJIFILM Corporation has developed
Acuity LED 1600, a printer that supports
UV-curable ink and features a long-life
and low-power-consumption LED light
source. It will join a lineup of wide-format
inkjet printers for producing largesize posters, in-store POP and window
displays. Acuity LED 1600 achieves the
best-in-class productivity of 20sqm per

In recent years, large-size posters, in-store
POP and window displays are produced
increasingly in a smaller print runs, with
short delivery time and with increased
graphical designs. This has promoted the
use of digital printing, with the printing
service market based on wide-format
inkjet printers expanding at the annual
rate of 7%. The market is particularly
embracing the use of wide-format inkjet
printers that support UV-curable ink,
which is environmentally friendly with
no volatile organic compounds (VOC),
fast-drying and suitable for printing on
a wide range of materials including PET,
acrylic, and polycarbonate substrates.
The market segment continues to enjoy
double-digit annual growth.
The new Acuity LED 1600 is a highperformance wide-format inkjet printer
featuring a proprietary-design LED light
source, high precision and high speed
printhead, and fast curing UV-LED
ink. Fujifilm's proprietary Fast Accurate
Marking technology enables best-in-class
productivity of 20 square meters per
hour to address customers' needs for
short delivery time. The printer comes
standard with eight color inks, namely
cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan,
light magenta, white and clear.
When combined with the Intelligent
Curing Control technology for
controlling ink curing profile on printing
substrates for improved ink-substrate
affinity, the printer achieves wide color
reproduction and smooth gradation.
Enhanced ink adhesion also expands the
range of substrates that can be used.
Furthermore, the combined use of color
ink and clear ink can produce highgloss output for premium finish. The
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in a single pass, which is difficult in
conventional printers, can dramatically
improve output efficiency.
The printer also comes with Spot
Color Matching software, which can
automatically generate a color comparison
chart against the desired output color.
This simplifies the process of matching
spot colors, e.g. those used in a logo, to
reduce the workload of print producers.
For many years, FUJIFILM has globally
handled the development, production
and marketing of a diverse range of
pre-press products, such as PS/CTP
plates for offset printing, workflow
software and plate setters, as the leading
company for printing and plate-making
equipment. The company is committed
to continuing to develop and provide
epoch-making products in the evergrowing digital printing field, thereby
contributing to the development of the
printing industry around the world.
The Acuity LED1600 will be showcased
at GRAPHEXPO 2011, as well as
the international printing equipment
exhibition IGAS 2011, in Japan.

“Shift to Value Creation” at
IGAS 2011

The Media and Precision Technology
Company of Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co.,
Ltd. participated in the International
Graphic Arts Show 2011 (IGAS 2011)
held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo,
Japan, from 16 – 21 September 16
2011. With its booth theme “Shift to
Value Creation”, Screen introduced new
business promotions by presenting case
studies and printed samples offered by
real major clients.
In recent years, more and more
promotion clients and print buyers
have been looking for more flexible
promotion methods including segmented
or personalized marketing, in addition
to traditional mass market campaigns.
To satisfy these demands, printing
companies are required to invest in new
printing methods as well as to establish
systems for efficient segmented and
personalized promotion.
Against this current background,
at IGAS2011, Screen introduced case
studies of various successful, realworld sales promotions by major clients

using Screen Print On Demand (POD)
equipment. The company also showcased
an optimal comprehensive workflow
including Screen thermal CtP, Truepress
Jet520, and Truepress JetSX units, as
well as POD equipment manufactured
by other companies.
Screen also introduced various solutions
enabling processing from order receipt
through to final delivery based on
collaborations with EQUIOSNET
partners. These concepts will also push
forward the adoption of new business
promotions by printing companies.
Exhibited digital on-demand
printing systems and workflows:
Truepress JetSX
The Truepress JetSX is a full-colour
B2 sheet-fed inkjet printing system.
In addition to providing high quality
approaching offset printing, the system
can print directly onto offset printing
paper without pre-coating. Thanks to
this, it is possible to achieve finishes
that accentuate the texture (surface
variation, luster) of the paper, facilitating
the creation of materials with a very high
level appearance.
Truepress Jet520EX Monochrome
More than 300 units of Truepress Jet520
series full-colour variable inkjet printing
systems have already been shipped,
and Screen will display a dedicated
monochrome type unit from the series.
The demonstration will be performed
using an SED (single engine duplex)
configuration, which is capable of duplex
printing on sheet widths of up to 250
mm (9.84") on one unit. It will provide
an opportunity to observe practical
applications of monochrome type POD
such as statements produced using
variable printing and small lot books.
EQUIOS
It is a universal workflow that integrates
the printing and prepress technology
and know-how accumulated by Screen
over many years plus cutting-edge inkjet
printing technology. Regardless of an
operator’s own experience, EQUIOS
provides easy to use high-speed
processing enabled by the latest RIP core,
a practical and easy-to-use professional
color management tool linked with paper
information, and useful imposition
schemes reflecting Screen’s accumulated
prepress know-how.

Trueflow SE Ver.7
The new EQUIOS-Pre4m job workflow
is equipped with a CIP4-compliant fold
catalog and is thus able to respond
flexibly to the automation/alteration of
imposition designs. It also promotes
automation through linkage of pre- and
post-printing processes using JDF. This
cutting-edge version is newly equipped
with features including a section function
that brings real power to the creation of
books.
EQUIOS Online
EQUIOS Online is a remote desktop
system that connects client and design/
printing companies. In addition to online
data upload, proofing, and approval
functions linked to EQUIOS PT-R and
Trueflow SE, EQUIOS Online is able to
handle HTML5 output. This HTML5
output function supports page flip
display on an iPad, providing a way to
both deliver a new service for customers
and expand business into the online
publishing and digital catalog fields.
Thermal CtP
PlateRite HD 8900Z
PlateRite thermal CtP systems hold the
top share in the world market. The
PlateRite HD 8900Z will make its debut
as a flagship model offering the highest
productivity of all
Environmental solutions
Screen provides the printing industry
with solutions that deliver optimum
environmental improvements. This
involves the elimination of indirect
electricity wastage in air conditioning
systems, etc., promotion of operational
efficiency and energy saving in
production facilities, and preparation
for carbon footprint-related systems, all
based on an approach of “visualizing
energy flows”.